2.0D SE 5dr

My car

This car is just approaching three years old and has done 70,000 miles. Its equipment is first class.

It's a great motorway car but having driven the 2.2D during the last service, the engine now feels a bit sluggish off the mark, although mid-range pull is still very good. It's a bit tight for long legs in the back, but great for the average family.

You'll get 48mpg if you are very careful; 38-39mpg when in a hurry and in traffic.

The car is better equipped than German rivals and is seen as more luxurious, so I'll be replacing it with a 2.2D Sport Premium.

2.0D Sport Euro IV 5dr

Jim Bishop
,
Cheshire
.
Date:
24/06/2007

Overall verdict

5
out of 5 stars

What's it like to drive

4
out of 5 stars

Running costs

5
out of 5 stars

Quality, practicality and equipment

5
out of 5 stars

My car

I've had this car as a company car for a year and put 40,000 on it. Previous cars were Audi A4 Avant (great but too small in the back), Honda Accord Tourer (most uncomfortable driving position ever and ugly). The X type estate is well equipped, good to drive, comfortable over long distances, big enough for 2 children and 2 kayaks on the roof (children not on roof but sometimes I wish they were). 2.0D is quick enough and keeps emissions and car tax low. Only criticism - low profile 18" alloys tramline and are easy to kerb (my fault I suppose). Equivalent cars on the company car list don't compare for equipment, and it's nice not to be in German clone car.

2.2D Sport 5dr

Ian Kelllett
,
Cumbria
.
Date:
09/06/2007

Overall verdict

5
out of 5 stars

What's it like to drive

5
out of 5 stars

Running costs

4
out of 5 stars

Quality, practicality and equipment

5
out of 5 stars

My car

I have had this car for a month now, a chilli red ex demonstrator with full leather, cruise, bluetooth and an i-pod interface (which is a dealer fit at around £350.00). My wife fell in love with it on the test drive. I hadn't fallen for anything really, the A4 was noisy and hard, the BMW had no room in the back, the Passat seemed competent but didn't make me want it somehow. And the Mondeo left us cold. After a month I adore it as much as my wife does. It goes like stink, there is no wind noise at 80, though on poor surfaces there is some tyre noise. On good black top it is whisper quiet. The other reported problem, driver position, is, I think, due to the nature of the seats, which, when you find the right position, are brilliant, but feel hard and uncomfortable till you find the exact combinaion of height, tilt, recline and steering wheel tilt and reach. Why no seat memory? Yes there are bits of Mondeo in it, but they are good bits. The engine, gearbox, handling bits. The car is just loads nicer to drive and travel in.

2.0D Sport Euro IV 5dr

David Leitch
,
Essex
.
Date:
07/06/2007

Overall verdict

5
out of 5 stars

What's it like to drive

4
out of 5 stars

Running costs

4
out of 5 stars

Quality, practicality and equipment

4
out of 5 stars

My car

I am now on my third estate in three years. My previous two covered 1000 miles a week effortlessly, and it was always a pleasure to get behind the wheel and trek around the M25 covering 50,000 miles in one year.

Over the three cars, the only problem was new software for the engine management system to rectify a misfire.

Dealers that I have used have always been good and a courtesy car has always been provided.

The only gripe comes from my 14-year-old daughter, who always complaining of no air vents in the rear.

Will I buy another? Yes, but in two years' time it may well be the XF.